Police calm London, but riots flare across UK

Thousands of extra police officers flooded into London Wednesday in a bid to end Britain’s worst rioting in a generation. An eerie calm prevailed in the capital, but unrest spread across England on a fourth night of violence driven by diverse and brazen crowds of young people.
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London has nearly tripled the number of police on the streets in an attempt to quell a wave of looting and violence, the worst the country has seen since race riots set the capital ablaze In London, where armored vehicles and convoys of police vans patrolled the streets, authorities said there would be 16,000 officers on duty — almost triple the number present Monday. In where armored vehicles and convoys of vans patrolled the streets, authorities said there would be 16,000 officers on duty – almost triple the number present Monday. Police calm London, but riots In where armored vehicles and convoys of vans patrolled the streets, authorities said there would be 16,000 officers on duty — almost triple the number present Monday. Tags:
police, calm, london, riots, While the rioters have run off with sneakers, bikes, electronics and leather goods, they also have torched stores apparently just for the fun of seeing something burn. LONDON (AP) — Thousands more officers flooded London streets Tuesday in a bid to end Britain's worst… - Aug. 10, 2011. By Interns LONDON: Thousands of extra officers on the streets kept a nervous London quiet Wednesday after three nights of rioting, looting flared in Manchester and Birmingham, where a murder probe